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Catchy Nuclear Songs

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What do you get when you put a bunch of nuclear scientists together for a conference? Well -- either you get one very boring conference or somebody tries to liven things up. That's what happened back in 2002 when the American Nuclear Society held a contest for sing-a-long songs dealing with nuclear technology.

I know what you're thinking -- surely everybody knows dozens of sing-a-long nuclear songs - but alas, it was tough sledding.

Fortunately, a team that included my mother-in-law won that year with a knock-off of "Yankee Doodle" that was called "Neutron Doodle"

What can I say? I like it! Hopefully you will too.

Here's more on the backstory. Enjoy.

In the same topic, GQ had a great rundown a few days ago about nuclear power. Why we aren't reprocessing spent fuel is beyond me.

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